The Most Valuable Thing In Your Car

Most parents would tell you that their children's safety is their No. 1 priority. They would also tell you that they would never, ever forget their children are in the car with them.

Well, this occurred 44 times in 2013. Most recently, a father who was supposed to be bringing his kid to day care apparently forgot he was in the car and went to work, leaving him to die in the back seat [July 10, Page 1, Police: Father Left Boy In Car].

I can understand this happening once or twice a year, but 44 times? This makes our society look atrocious. But as officials try to create tips to prevent these incidents, an even sadder truth about society emerges.

I was appalled to read that Kevin Borrup of Connecticut Childrens Medical Center advised parents to leave valuable items such as their phone in the back of their cars beside their children to remind them their child is with them. Well, what is more valuable than your child? How is it possible that people would think of their phones before their children?

Your phone has nothing in common with you. You cant have a real conversation with it. It doesnt make you laugh as you are driving around. The suggestion of a phone as a valuable to remind people of their childrens presence is about the most disappointing thing I have ever heard from our society.

My advice is this: Forget your phone; talk to your child in the car, even if your child is a little baby. Maybe that will be enough to remind you they are there and they are the most valuable thing in your car.